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7 de ene. de 2008 · Sir Alexander Mackenzie, commerçant de fourrures et explorateur, naît vers 1764 près de Stornoway, en Écosse, et décède le 12 mars 1820 près de Dunkeld, en Écosse. Alexander Mackenzie est l’un des plus grands explorateurs du Canada. Lors de deux voyages épiques qu’il a effectués pour la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest en 1789 et en 1793 ...
21 de feb. de 2008 · Published Online February 21, 2008. Last Edited December 4, 2017. Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd prime minister of Canada 1873–78, stonemason, building contractor, author, insurance executive (born 28 January 1822 in Logierait, Scotland; died 17 April 1892 in Toronto, ON). Alexander Mackenzie. Alexander Mackenzie was Canada's second prime minister.
Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish fur trader who is known for leading the first east-west expedition across North America north of Mexico. Born in Stornoway, Mackenzie travelled to New York just before the outbreak of the American War of Independence. He moved to Montreal in 1778 where he secured an apprenticeship with one of the fur companies in the city. The fur trade was Canada’s main ...
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER, fur trader, explorer, and author; b. 1764 at Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, third of four children of Kenneth Mackenzie, of Melbost farm (two miles east of Stornoway), and Isabella Maciver, whose family was prominent in the town; m. 1812 Geddes Mackenzie, and they had three children; d. 12 March 1820 at ...
Alexander Mackenzie PC (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland. He left school at the age of 13, following his father's death, to help his widowed mother, and trained as a stonemason.
Alexander Mackenzie (político) Alexander Mackenzie, político canadiense. Nació en Logierait, Escocia, en 1822. Hijo de Alexander MacKenzie (el explorador) y Marie Stewart Fleming. Muerto su padre, debió dejar los estudios muy joven y dedicarse a mantener a su familia. Emigró a Canadá en busca de mayor prosperidad (1842), donde se ...
18 de jul. de 2013 · Sir Alexander Mackenzie, propelled by the fur trade and his own wanderlust, was the first European to traverse the North American continent north of Mexico. His 6,400 km trek to the Pacific on behalf of the North West Company (NWC) revealed the promise of the Canadian Northwest and much of the geography of western North America.
